This genre-bending compilation of original electronic music compositions features a chiptune-inspired head trip from Bonobo, an R&B-influenced synth pop track from Peter CottonTale feat. Jamila Woods, an ethereal vocal collage from Julianna Barwick, an evolving psychedelic excursion from Dan Deacon, a driving percussive electronica track from Madame Gandhi, an emotive dark wave song from Martial Canterel, and an industrial-tinged electronic pop track from Ela Minus. Each track was built around the instruments and accessories included in each artist’s Moog Sound Studio of choice: Mother-32 & DFAM or Subharmonicon & DFAM.

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Retrograde

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It’s not often that a drone piece starts an album off with a bang. But that’s exactly what Gregg Kowalsky’s “L'Ambience, L'Orange” does. Opening his new full-length L’Orange, L’Orange, the song starts as kind of gentle wake-up call, with thick, escalating tones that evoke time-lapse footage of a morning sunrise. The intensifying sound waves feel like they could go on forever, but after two and a half minutes, “L'Ambience, L'Orange” stops abruptly with a hard cut to silence. It’s a rather shocking move that sets a brave tone for the rest of L’Orange, L’Orange, an album in which Kowalsky reimagines ambient drone, refreshing it with a blissful, optimistic spirit. 

“I didn't want to just make an ambient record where every song fades in and out,” explains Kowalsky. “This song opens with pure bliss, and you're in it, and time goes away. You’re wondering, ‘Am I thirty seconds in or 10 minutes in?’ Then it just cuts out. That edit is me saying, ‘Hi, I'm here again. Remember?’” It’s a fascinating way to jolt listeners out of comfort zones, but there’s more to the track than the sudden reminder of its creator’s hand. Kowalsky’s ending encourages you to play the song over and over, to revisit the intoxicating atmosphere that’s still ringing in your head after silence steals the scene. Repeat listens reveal new layers in “L'Ambience, L'Orange”, an homage to the life-sustaining sun that packs a universe of sound into just a few minutes.

L'Orange L'Orange

L'Ambience, L'Orange

Gregg Kowalsky - L'Ambience, L'Orange

First Appearance

Gabriel at the Prewindow

MATstudio 1

In Strange Company He Spoke Softly

skins n slime

Caregiver part 2 (4am)

Roaming

Wyla

wyla, Pt. III (feat. Halvcirkel)

The first in a series of three albums from Ryan Crosson to launch new label NFI Recordings.  Recorded between May and December of 2020, Ryan steps away from the dance floor to deliver three albums of his most personal work to date.  The music serves as a real time reflection of thoughts, moods and studio experimentation during the covid-19 pandemic shut down while showcasing his love for alternative forms of electronic music as well as cinematic scores and soundtracks.

Notes From Isolation Part I

Anniversary

Julianna Barwick - Open

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